The Silverton Standard has been the subject of a number of recent videos highlighting the historic newspaper’s importance to the community and its struggle to survive as a nonprofit – “Silverton Public Newspaper.”

In May 2012, the NBC "Today Show" broadcast a short documentary on the Silverton Standard in the "American Story" segment with reporter Bob Dotson:

And on May 5, 2012, Society of Professional Journalists President John Ensslin posted a few short video clips about the dedication of this newspaper’s historical marker, having been designated a National Historic Site in Journalism: